As for Hainault, can't see him coming to MTL. Didn't he not want to come here during the Brian Ching saga?
What I remember is Dynamo not wanting to trade him. CB is a position of strength but I wouldn't mind letting injury prone Rivas go and starting Hainault-Ferrari and Nesta-Camara as subs.
1. Québécois + North American spot
2. Would be a true mentor for our own young Québécois CB
3. Has a lot of experience (2 finals [bench but still] and national team) but still young
4. If Camara gets a BPL offer or Nesta is injured/underperforming, that gives us a very good insurance policy.
50K is his cap hit. For all we know, his salary could be 350K, but the Impact used 300K out of their allocation money to lower his cap hit. That 300k allocation money could be used elsewhere.
As for Hainault, can't see him coming to MTL. Didn't he not want to come here during the Brian Ching saga?
With 1 trade, TFC are showing exactly their vision for next year
Houston didn't want to trade him I think.
But he also mentioned that he wanted to stay there too.
Maybe nothing against IMFC, If he as a wife there and is family is happy there while he was a starter in a finalist team he probably didn't had lots of reason to go with a expansion team.
sometimes situation change. Depends what he want now.
Unless he have something personal against the club or the city maybe its possible. Depends if he want to be a starter at all cost too.
1. Toronto FC, 2. Chivas USA, 3. Portland Timbers, 4. New England Revolution, 5. Philadelphia Union, 6. Colorado Rapids, 7. FC Dallas, 8. Montreal Impact, 9. Columbus Crew, 10. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 11. Chicago Fire, 12. Real Salt Lake, 13. New York Red Bulls, 14. Sporting Kansas City, 15. San Jose Earthquakes, 16. Seattle Sounders FC, 17. D.C. United, 18. Houston Dynamo, 19. LA Galaxy.
Players:
Chicago: Jay Nolly (Option Declined)
Chicago: Gonzalo Segares (Option Declined)
Chicago: Corben Bone (Option Declined)
Chivas USA: Juan Pablo Angel (Out of Contract)
Chivas USA: Peter Vagenas (Out of Contract)
Chivas USA: Danny Califf (Option Declined)
Chivas USA: Alejandro Moreno (Option Declined)
Columbus: Chris Birchall (Option Declined)
Columbus: Will Hesmer (Option Declined)
Columbus: Julius James (Option Declined)
Columbus: Tony Tchani (Option Declined)
Colorado: Tyrone Marshall (Out of Contract)
Colorado: Scott Palguta (Out of Contract)
Colorado: Conor Casey (Option Declined)
Colorado: Hunter Freeman (Option Declined)
Colorado: Jamie Smith (Option Declined)
Colorado: Marvell Wynne (Option Declined)
Colorado: Ian Joyce (Option Declined)
Colorado: Joseph Nane (Option Declined)
Colorado: Tyson Wahl (Option Declined)
D.C. United: Michael Chabala (Option Declined)
D.C. United: Maicon Dos Santos (Option Declined)
D.C. United: Stephen King (Option Declined)
FC Dallas: Bruno Guarda (Out of Contract)
FC Dallas: Kevin Hartman (Out of Contract)
FC Dallas: Julian De Guzman (Out of Contract)
FC Dallas: Scott Sealy (Option Declined)
LA Galaxy: Chad Barrett (Option Declined)
LA Galaxy: Andrew Boyens (Option Declined)
LA Galaxy: Bryan Jordan (Option Declined)
LA Galaxy: Kyle Nakazawa (Option Declined)
LA Galaxy: Pat Noonan (Option Declined)
LA Galaxy: Brian Perk (Option Declined)
Montreal: Justin Mapp (Out of Contract)
Montreal: Josh Gardner (Option Declined)
Montreal: Shavar Thomas (Option Declined)
New England: Tim Murray (Option Declined)
New England: Blair Gavin (Option Declined)
New York: Bill Gaudette (Option Declined)
New York: Stephen Keel (Option Declined)
Real Salt Lake: Paulo Jr. (Option Declined)
Real Salt Lake: Kyle Reynish (Option Declined)
Seattle: Andrew Weber (Option Declined)
Seattle: O'Brian White (Option Declined)
Seattle: Mike Seamon (Option Declined)
San Jose: Tim Ward (Out of Contract)
San Jose: Ramiro Corrales (Option Declined)
San Jose: Joseph Gjertsen (Option Declined)
San Jose: Ike Opara (Option Declined)
San Jose: Khari Stephenson (Option Declined)
Toronto: Eric Avila (Out of Contract)
Toronto: Adrian Cann (Option Declined)
Toronto: Jeremy Hall (Option Declined)
Toronto: Ty Harden (Option Declined)
Toronto: Andrew Wiedeman (Option Declined)
Vancouver: John Thorrington (Option Declined)
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I'd definatly take Paulo Jr on our team if hes available at #8. I'd definatly trade for Letoux. If I remember well we tried to get him from Philly, but VAN outbid us. Would be a good depth/starter player
I'd definatly take Paulo Jr on our team if hes available at #8. I'd definatly trade for Letoux. If I remember well we tried to get him from Philly, but VAN outbid us. Would be a good depth/starter player
Bye Bye Gardner
Yep we were outbid, this time would be good to finally get him, Le Toux would definitely help.
Hope we get the new coach soon to know more about what kind of players we should get. But by then if we have the chance to get a good upgrade we should do it.
Le Toux told French media two months ago he wasn't resigning in NY. Now Cooper... I'd try to get him to play with Di Vaio. But we'll need wingers to give both of them some decent balls.
But he also mentioned that he wanted to stay there too.
Maybe nothing against IMFC, If he as a wife there and is family is happy there while he was a starter in a finalist team he probably didn't had lots of reason to go with a expansion team.
sometimes situation change. Depends what he want now.
Unless he have something personal against the club or the city maybe its possible. Depends if he want to be a starter at all cost too.
He got married last off season, but his wife is from here, Beaconsfield to be exact. So all her family, and his, are still located here. He definitely has reasons to come back home, but he did say the pressure would be high being from Montreal and playing here, hence why at the time, he wanted to stay in Houston.
He got married last off season, but his wife is from here, Beaconsfield to be exact. So all her family, and his, are still located here. He definitely has reasons to come back home, but he did say the pressure would be high being from Montreal and playing here, hence why at the time, he wanted to stay in Houston.
Not impossible but Didn't ear him say that, all I can find is comments like this.
Unfortunately for the Impact, as much as Hainault loves the city of Montreal, he was not interested in leaving a fantastic situation in Houston. "The locker-room and the coaching staff here are great. Coming in everyday and just enjoying it, it's pretty easy. We went to the MLS Cup last year, so why would you want to leave a team that went to the finals and was so close. Why would you want to leave that? Of course Montreal is home and what not, but it's sort of an unknown. So I'm very happy here and I didn't want to go anywhere else," Hainault explained.
Cooper is the ultimate finisher close to the net, but we have no talent whatsoever on the wings to feed him the ball.
This. Cooper is a striker, and in the Impact's current situation (On the wing wise) we need Center forwards. Letoux fits the bill way more, can't afford to have a static player.
Really intrigued to seewho MTL pick in the re-entry draft. Forget Paulo Jr, I think I mistook him with someone else that Jesse Marsch went to scout, and ended up finding Felipe.
He got married last off season, but his wife is from here, Beaconsfield to be exact. So all her family, and his, are still located here. He definitely has reasons to come back home, but he did say the pressure would be high being from Montreal and playing here, hence why at the time, he wanted to stay in Houston.
Well... there were certain legit rumours that he was thinking about leaving very early on when he wasn't playing well and consequently benched.
Because he was benched, not because of the pressure. Ferrari said he would think about leaving if he was benched or used as a LB and he isn't French Canadian
My point is that there isn't much additionnal pressure about being a French-Canadian Impact player in Montreal. More attention, but not more pressure. Hell, every media member was campaigning for Bernier to get more playing time. He had EVERYBODY on his side. That is support he wouldn't have had anywhere else. It might add a little pressure, I guess...
Could you imagine in 2 years having Hainault and Ouimette as our 2 starting center-backs and Impact signing Occean to replace Di Vaio?? Holy hell, the O would be fully packed all season long.
Because he was benched, not because of the pressure. Ferrari said he would think about leaving if he was benched or used as a LB and he isn't French Canadian
My point is that there isn't much additionnal pressure about being a French-Canadian Impact player in Montreal. More attention, but not more pressure. Hell, every media member was campaigning for Bernier to get more playing time. He had EVERYBODY on his side. That is support he wouldn't have had anywhere else. It might add a little pressure, I guess...
Okay I agree with that. The additional pressure is insignificant. Like Laurent said, this isn't the Habs.
No idea why they're waiting so ling to announce the coach. It seems to be the perfect window now to make an snnouncement, the Als are eliminated and hockey didnt start yet.
What a ***** club.
